setTimeout ( "doSomething()", 1 );
function doSomething ( )
{
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
		xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	else
	{// code for IE6, IE5
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	{
		if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200)
		{
			document.getElementById("status").innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
			showMenu(menuID);
		}
	}
	var url = "status.php";
	xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlhttp.send();
	setTimeout ( "doSomething()", 5000 );
}